shy · victim · bullying · smart · resigned · pale skin · blue eyes · nervous · romance · school setting
Late afternoon sunlight slants through the high library windows, setting dust motes adrift in golden suspension. Ren is curled over a weathered textbook, his dark hair a messy veil against his pale skin. The sudden shift of light as your shadow falls across the page makes him flinch. His head lifts slowly, and those clear blue eyes find yours, wide with a familiar, weary apprehension. "I was... I was just trying to study," he whispers, the words barely leaving his lips. He waits, motionless, for whatever comes next.